Collating device for typewriters



J. A; WHERRY.

COLLATING DEVICE Foa IYPEWRITERS..

APPLlwCATIQN FILED ($1.115, 1.9184

Pmntd Aug. 31,19%

j. WHERRY. COLLATNG DEVSCE FOR TYPEWRWERS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. i5. HHB.

@mentali Aug. 3L 192%.,

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

1. A. wHEHR-v. COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITEBS.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.15|1918 Paten'ted Aug. 31, 1920,I

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

i. A. WHEHRY. COLLATING DEVICE FOR TYPEWRITERS. A APPLICATION FILED UCTI IIJ. I9I8 i Lmmmman@ 31, ma.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

Specification o Letters etent.

.Potent ,d i929..

.summation le Geto'ber lli, 1911. Serial No. 9.531%?.

flic it known that JOHN A. Wi-115121K, a citizen ot the llnited States, residing et New (lrlenns, in the perish of rleens, in the Seite olf ,liouieianzu have invented oei tuin new und usel'ul improvements in Colleting' ilcviees tor "lypewriteisg and l do hereby declare the 'following to he s full, cloni', and exact description of the im'ention, such :is will enable others skilled in the art to which it nppertuius to make und use the same.

This invention relates to a oolleting device 'tor typewriters.

The prinmry object of the invention is to provide means whereby the several sheets ot work muy be assembled and `Conducted to the printing' position of the platen without diszirranggenient and without being provided with any :diningI devices.

A. further object ot the invent-ion,resides in so construeting;` the device that it muy be attached to typewriters of various forms now in connnerriel use, with the minimum alteration olI the typewriter construotions.

With these :und other objects in View5 suoli :1s will appear as thc deseription progresses, the invention eoinplises the rombinfltion and urrni'igeineut oli ports :is set 'tortli in and, telling within the scope ot the appended claims.

ln thc d mvingsz Figure l is u perspective View of the inrention showinggv the seine attached to a typewriter, only :i portion ol" the latter, however. boingA shown;

Fig. 2 is :i 'front elemtion ot'- tlie device und so much of the typewriier es is snows in Fig. l;

Fig. is :i side elevation showingthe de- 1rice in the printing position;

Fig. i is a 'vertical sectional View with the parts occupying the positions they occupy in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is :in enlarged sectional View sliowingthe manner' in which the platen is clamped. to the platen, turning mechanism;

Fig. 6 is e perspective View of one clutch nieniber which is cirriedv by the platen;

Fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the sheet clamping; means;

Fig. t3 is im enlarged sectional view of thesheet clamping ineuns;

l? 1g. 9 1s' o. sectional View showing the manner in which the sheet Clamping ineens is locked;

1 Fig. l0 is :i perspective 'View the sheet clamping ineens;

Fig. ll is :i rear elevation o the entire device;

Fig.` l2 is e detail of the sheet shellI supporting device;

Fig. 13 is a fragmental detail section on the line l3-l3 of Fig. 1l, and

lji and l5 are freginentel views of niodilied forms of sheet i ng devices,

ln the drawing; l have illustreted a portion oi :i typewriterwhich includes e freine l, the feed roller rod 2 end the shift rod 3.

rl`he i'rzune of the coliziting devise eoinprises side bars l which are secured together at their ends by transverse rod The eollsting board li is secured to this freine at one end by screws i' und nii the other end 'by brackets 8, which entend transversely of the boord and beneath the sinne the ends ot 'the liraoiets being depressefil, :is shown at 9, so :is to alltel-d e polissage tor the slides et the sheet clamping ineens, as will appear. rlliis collii'ting' hoord and 'ironie :ire pirotelly mounted on linA ith which are piroted et ll to the side borsei olI the 'treme and et. 19 to brackets 13. These brackets 13 are secured :it 1.4: 'to thc typewriter trame l und nre braced by e transverse rod l5, which. extends beneath the collntinp; hoord, The tree end of each ol the links 10 projects beyond the pivot point l2 and is adapted to engage e pin 1G extending' from the adjacent side har l, so as to .maintain theeollatinfr hoord in snbstzintiolly s horizontal position. At the edges oi the colliding board, but slightly spaced therefrom, are scales 17 by means of which the positions oi" the sew oral sheetsto be collated is determined, as will be readily understood.

it will be seen that the several sheets of peper with the cerbons interposed between them, may he placed upon the surface of the @diluting hoard t3, with the edges abutting the scale 17 and thus properly arranged to subsequent-ly he ted to the platen in print ing position.

ln order that these sheets muy be held in the proper relation to each other on the eoliating board. l have provided o sheet clamping device which includes a pair et slides 18. These slides are mounted and operate upon the side edges 19 of the collating board, es elezirly shown in Fig. l. ik hair 20 extends between end is secured to' these slides it the intermediate portion oi' the loer lieing cra lill

provided with a depression 21 for a purpose which will later be described. A. plate 22 is secured to one of the slides 18 by suitable fasteners 28, and this plate is provided with an upwardly extending leall spring 24. A hinge member is mounted on the plate 22 and one of the leaves ot' they hinge is pro vided with a. projection 26, against which the spring bears to normally hold the t0 hinge in such position that the upper clamping bar 27 which is secured to the hinge at 2f`is held parallel to the lower clamping bar 2G. On the end ot' the upper bar 27, opposite to the hinge end, a spring pressed is tongue29 is mounted, the tongue being arranged to coperate with a socket 3() to form a latch to hold the clamping bar 27 in position. A. sheet engaging bar 31 is located between the clamping bars and 27 so and is yieldingly mounted on the upper bar 27 by means of guide screws 32 and coil springs 33. This sheet engaging' bar 31 is formed to lit in the depression 21 in the lower bar 2() and is provided with a bill 34 whiclroverhangs the beveled edffe 35 of the lower bar. The sheets ot work pass over the lower bar 20 and are clamped against the same by the resilient pressure through the sheet engaging bar 31, so 'that all posen sibility of relative movement of the sheets which are being collated is obviated. 'ln order to 'prevent the upper portions of the t`ieets from falling away from the collating board 6 when the latter is swung to its a5 vertical position, a pair 'of resilient lingers.

36 is secured to the upper bar-27 and tends over the collating board, as illustrated clearly in Fig. l. A bar 36" extends from one slide i8 to the other and is located beflnneath the lingers-SG. This bar 36 assists .in maintaining the sheets of work in position since the sheets are inserted beneath it. Located beneath the collating 'board 6 and mounted in the side bars 4 of the trame, are esrollers 37 and 37, around which endless 'belts 33 pass. These belts .are secured to clamps 3S) on the slides 18 and have counter weights 4() interposed therein. 4These counter weights 4() operate on guides 41, which so are mounted on the inner sides of the side bars 4 of the trame. Thus when the sheet V clamp is moved -in either Vdirection the weights will be likewise moved. l The side bars 4 of the 'trame are provided aan at the ends opposite to that between which the roller 37 is `mounted with sockets 4l in which spindles 42 projecting from the ends of the platen are supported The platen is thus supported bythe side bars 4. These to spindles 42 are mounted within yokcs 43 which extend into chambers 44 in the ends ot the platenl and aresecured in place by plates 45.r These yokes are provided with slots 46 through which slide pins 47 project, the pins being extended through the ispin (i2 on the bolts.

Leanser dles 42 to limit the sliding movement ot the spindles longitudinally within the yokes 43. The spindles are normally pressed outwardly by coil springs 48 and are provided on their ends with abutment nuts 49. The pins 47 in the slots 4(5 limit the movementotthe spindles. The ends oi the spindles 42 are provided with clutch members 50 which cooperate/with complcmental clutch members 5l. rlhese clutch members 51 are mounted on the trunnions 52 of the platen rotating mechanism, which mechanism includes the usual hand knobs 53 and also the ratchet mechanism These complemental clutch members 51 are attached to the platen rotating' mechanism ot a present commercial typewriter, with very slight modification of the mechanism, aswill be obvious from an observation of Fig, 5 of the drawing. The springs 48 maintain the clutch members 5() and 51 in engagement with 'each othei` when the plate is in its printing position, but the springs 48 are held under compres' sion and the clutch members are 'retracted during the swinging ot the platen, either to o1' from its printing' position, by c0ntrol ling levers 55, which are mounted on the' side bars 4, and the ends 56 of which project into grooves 57 in the spindles 42, as will be seen in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawing.

With the collating board mounted pivotally on the brackets 13 which are supported on the trame 1 on the typewriting machine, it will be seen that the board may be swung either into substantially horizontal position or substantially vertical position, and when the board is moved from its horizontal position, iin which positionY the sheets are placed upon the board, to its vertical position the platen is swung into its printing' position and the cooperating clutch members 5() and 5l are operated to engage so that the platen rotating mechanism may be effective to engage the platen. The ends of the side bars 4 at this time engage in notches 57 which are formed in the rod 2. The engagement ot' the bars 4 in these notches pre1l vents the frame Afrom having any lateral movement when the tame is disposed vertically. i

Secured to the carriage frame of the typewriter are lugs 58, to which links 59 are pivoted at (il). These links are pivoted at their opposite ends at (il to the ends of a rod 62. and when the collating board is swung from its horizontal to its vertical position. the links assume a position such as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 ot' the drawing and support the lower end of the board.

Threaded bolts 59 which are secured at (50 to the side bars 4 of the trame, support .at- 'theirlower ends a rod 6l. which rod may'lvA adjusted vertically by means ot nuts This rod (31 is secured to and supports a sheet shelf and guide G3,

Vmember '20, the upper member 27 retinal which is curved to conform to the curvature ofthe platen and which is extended and has attached thereto at Gl'links 65. These links 65 pivoted at the ends opposite to the attaching means (54 at G6 to the side bars el oi the collating frame. tQpeniugs are :formed in the .links 65 and entending,r through these openings are locking` cams G8, which are provided with ope 'ating handles G9 and which slide in slots G7.in the links 65 during the movement of the sheet shelf from one position to another. Vlfhen the earns 68 are turned so that the long diameters thereof entend at right angles to the short diameters of the slots 6 7, the sheet support 4will be locked in position. Springs "il which are attached at 72 to the side bars Ll, and at 64 to the links 65, tend to maintain the sheet support in proper position with relation to the platen, so that the raide rollers 73, which are mounted on the o side surface of the support and extend through openinrs 74 in the same, will be held .in contact with the platen, and conse liliently properly guide the paper, during its feeding' to printing position.-

l ifigr. i4 a moditied form of this portion ie device is shown. ln this form the boit: 59 which correspond to the bolts 59 in the pre iously described torni, are attached to tire rod Cil and are rigidly secured to the side bars 4. The rod G1 extends along the outer siirt'ace ot the guide G3 and through keepers (53 which permit the guide iii-l to .inoi'c relatively to the rod Gl during the movement of the sheet shelf.

In the third torni-disclosed in Fig. l5 the boltsl 59" are pivoted to the side bars ol 'he i'ranie and are attached to the rod 6l.

he rod in this case carries the rollers 72 '.Qlifreloife, when this forni is used the rollers il' Athe first described torni will be dis- `ed with. f

tlf course, it. will be understood that'alfter the sheets are clamped in place on the collatinpr board` theyr will be 'ted to the printing position by feeding' the sheets between the sheet support 63 and the platen from the front lo the rear o the latter. ills 'the printing is subsequentlylone the sheets will be ted in the reverse direction, as will be 0b* rions.

li'llhile the operation of the device i thought to be obvious troni the preceding description, a brietl resume is here given. "llhe collatinpr board (l .is in its horizontal position when the work is applied thereto. The sheets which are to be collated are placed, upon the board (5. being' located under the bar 36 and over the lower clamping having been swungy into the position shown in Fig. l0, that is to say, away from the member 20. The sheets are properly assembled in this position by means of the scales 17,.and

'of a collatingl the upper clampingT member 2T swung into position to hold the sheets in place. The rollating' board is then swim,"r into its vertical position. at which time the sheets ol' work will be supported by the bar 30 and the fingers 3G. The clutch members ll and 51 will more into alinenieiit with each other and when the controlling levers are operated to release them, they will aiitoiiniticallliy be engaged by the springs 48. The platen will at this time be iii println;r position. and the frame will be held against lateral movement by the engagement ofthe side bars lin the notches 57'.. ll'itli the traine in its vertical position the sheets ot' work are ted between the platen and guide (53` until the top line to be printed is in proper position. lliereafter the sheets will be nio-ved in the reverse direction in the usual manner.

lll/'hat I claim is:

l. The combination with a platen which is bodily movable to and from ope ative position. ot' a colla'ting board connected at one of its ends to the platen and movable. with it to assume substantially Vertical and horizontal positions, being pivotally supported intermediate its ends and means for actuating'the platen when .in operative position, said means being fglisengageable from the platen to permit 'the latter to be swung' 'orwardl f and up- `wardly to its inoperative position with the collatingv board tare upward.

rlhe conibu'nition with a rotarv platen,

. of means for operating the same, said platen being'bodily movable away trom said means, a collating board connected at one of its ends to the platen and movable with it 4to assume substantially vertical and horizontal positions, said collating` board beingi` pivotally7 supported intermediate its ends and means tor actuatingr the platen when in operative position, said means being ilisengi'age able from the platen to permit the latter to be swung forwardly and upwardly to its inoperative position with the collatinpr board .tace upward.

The combination with a rotary platen.l

ot a collating board atiixed thereto, the platen and board being bodily movablein unison, said collatingboard being pivotally supported intermediate its ends and means for actuating the platen when in operative position, said means beingr disengageable .from the platen to permit the latter to be swung,- forwardly and upwardly to its inoperative position with the collating board face upward. i

4. The combination with a rotary platen, board affixed thereto, said platen and board being bodily movable about a common pivot to as 11ine substair 'tially horizontaland Vertical positions and'y means for actuating the platen wher in opsaid means .being disenf t3@ erative position,

said collating board and collating board being movable to sub-V stantially horizontal and vertical positions, said collating board being pivotally supported intermediatel its ends and means for actuating the platen when in operative 1.o-

sitioii, said means being disengageable from the platen to permit the latter to be swung forwardly and upwardly to its inoperative position with the collating board face lip-f ward.

6. The combinaion with a rotary platen `vhich is movable to and away from printing position and has a clutch member thereon, ot a Vstationary clutch member arranged to engage the first clutch member when the platen is in printing position, and a collating board connected at one of its ends to the platen and movable with it to assume substantially vertical and horizontal positions.

7.l The combination with a ,typewriter lframe, of a rotatable platen, operating l means for the platen including clutch members associated with the trame, clutch members on the platen arranged to engage the clutch members on the frame, means for supporting the platen whereby it may be swung away froml the operating means, and a collatiiig board associated with vthe platen.

8. rl`he combination with a typewiitei frame, eta collating board pivoted thereon, said' board having a sheet clamping device slidably mounted thereon and counterweights associated with the clamping device, and 'a platen mounted on the board.

l). The combination with a typewriter frame, a vcollating board pivoted between its end's on said frame, a rotatable platen 'eariied by one end of the board, clutch inembers on said platen, complemental clutch members on the trame'` and means for operating the platen when the clutch members are engaged.

10. The combination with a typewriter frame, of a collating board pivoted between its ends on saut/traine, means for supporting the board in substantially a horizontal position, a revoluble platen carried b v one end ot the board. clutch members on said platen, complcincntal clutch members on the frame, and means tor operating the plat Ii1 when the clutch members are engaged.

l1. The conibiimtion with a t \'lm\\'iiterI frame, of a pair ot' brackets mounted thereon, links pivoted to the brackets, a collating frame pivoted between its ends to the links,

meinst a platencarried by one end of the frame, links pivoted to the typewriter trame and to the eollating trame in proximity to the platen, and platen operating mechanism on the t r ewriter trame arranged to receive 7o ing trame, a sheet guide extending around the platen, there being an Iopen space be tween the platen and the guide at the front ot the machine, whereby the sheets may be inserted, .means on the trame lfor moving the guide toward the platen to guide the work sheet in position, and means on the traine i'or moving the guide trom the platen.

13.- The combination with a typewriter trame, of a pair of brackets mounted thereon, a collatiiig traine, links pivoted to the 8,5

-brackets and to the latter trame between the ends thereof, and links -pivotedto the former frame and to the collating frame adjacent to the end thereof. v

14. The combination with a typewriter v frame, of a collating board pivoted thereon, said board having a sheet clamping device slidably mounted thereon, counterweights associated with said device, a platen mounted on the board, and a sheet guiding device mounted on the collating boarzd traine, whereby the work sheets may be ifnserted from the front down over the printing position on,the typewriter and guided around the platen to the rear of the same.

15. The combination 'with a typewriter traine, of a pair of bracketsI and a pair vof lugs inounted'thereon, links pivoted to the lugs, linksl pivoted to the brackets, a collating traine pivoted between its ends to the free ends of the links, a platen carried by one end of the collating trame, and a platen operating mechanism on the typewriter arranged to receive the platen.

i6. T he combination .with a rotary platen having a clutch member thereon, ot a collating board including a frame for Supporting the platin-the board being pivotally mounted whereby it may move to substantially vertical andhoi-izontal positions, a clutch member adapted to engage the clutch member on the platen when the collating board is iii a vertical position, and means on the collating board frame for locking the clutch members together.

1T. The combination with'a. typewriter including a platen and a eollatiug board, of a guiding member extending around the platen, said collating board being adaptedA to swing,r into vertical and horizontal positions, and means for raising one end of the guide higher than the iprinting position on lthe platen when theI eollating board is in its iso down over the printing position on the device toward the platen when the collatf platen. ngboard moves to its vertical position and 18. In a typewritei` including a rotary away from the platen when the collating 10f platen and a collating board adapted to boerdmoves to its'horizontal position.` 5 swing into Vertical and horizontal positions, In testimony whereof I affix my signature.e

a sheet guiding device extending around, the platen, means for swinging the guiding A @HN ASHLAND W'ERRY. 

